Tuesday, January 30, 2007

At this moment, there are three declared candidates who are considered ''front-runners'' for the Democrats' nomination: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards. That rattling sound you hear are DNC nerves.And then there's the undeclared Al Gore, who remains a hero to the Democrat base. After all, Gore's the only high-profile Democrat with experience at winning a presidential election, isn't he? Gore's winning of the overall popular vote but yet losing the White House continues to chap Dem behinds, and many would love to give Al another shot.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

The ideal candidate for the Democrats may be the man who won the popular vote in 2000 -- and who opposed the war in Iraq from the very start

TIM DICKINSON

A stiff Vice President campaigns on his administration's legacy of unprecedented prosperity. Looks terrible on TV. Bows out, following a disputed vote count. Then, two terms later, with no incumbent in the race, he re-enters the fray. Promises to change the course of a disastrous war founded on lies. And charges to victory. I'm referring, of course, to the 1968 campaign of Richard Milhous Nixon. But four decades later, history has a chance to repeat itself for Albert Arnold Gore.

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Fri Dec 08, 2006 at 10:51:48 AM PST

It seems the more longshot the race, the earlier a candidate throws his or her hat into the ring. Vilsack started things off. Now that we're in the holiday season, most will wait until January. Obama will likely wait a few months more since really, what's the hurry? He's got the fawning press all over him already. He might as well wait until that sort of peters out, announce, then recapture the media spotlight.

It was clear that Hillary wanted to 1) wait a while to announce (she'll have a bullseye on her when she does), and 2) skip Iowa. Now, with Obama in the race, she can't do either. People aren't chattering about Hillary anymore. They're chattering about Obama. So she has to announce and hope to steal some of that thunder. And given that Obamamania isn't dying down, she'll have to do that sooner rather than later. And with Obama in position to deal a knockout blow in Iowa, she'll have to compete there as well.

So Obama will be in position to squelch the Clinton media rollout with his own. It would be the sort of Machiavellian move that would signal his willingness to play tough politics.

Monday, January 01, 2007

The climate crisis will force a historic shift to a new global power network of small alternative sources. This network will then feed a smart electric grid. Welcome to the future.

Dec. 18, 2006 issue - Over the past 200 years, the industrial revolution has created vast wealth and huge improvements in the human condition—in a few dozen highly industrialized countries. The engine of that revolution was fueled by coal and then supercharged with oil—multiplying the productivity of human labor many, many times over. Although we have reaped many benefits from this intensive use of energy, we are now faced with an urgent crisis—a crisis that is altering the very nature of the Earth's climate.

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THE GORE FACTOR....

Well...here it is ...November 19th, 2007. No Al-No race- No way.....So I thought it might be more appropriate to alter this site towards not just all things Al....but a bit of what ails us and hopefully what heals us.Oh Man! we are in for a very long 4 years...anything short of Al Gore is just disaster.I'll try to be open about Hillary....I can't even stomach the thought of a republican....I'm just tired of voting for the lesser of two..and not being able to embrace the real thing for me.